Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Following our successful renovation of the MGA Twin Cam it
was announced, after much speculation and debate, that our next project would
be the full restoration of a 1960 Standard Ensign.

However, although the
car was ready and waiting, we’d been asked to renovate a Rover gas turbine
instructional unit first. The unit was designed to train students at technical
colleges and universities. Basically it’s a Rover 1S/60 gas turbine unit
mounted on a frame, to which a variety of instruments can be connected to
demonstrate to students the operation of a gas turbine.

Monday, 6 January 2014

In my last blog, I introduced the first car that we
volunteers were let loose on, the 1958 MGA Twin Cam Coupe.

Whilst the car was quickly dismantled with much enthusiasm,
great care was taken to photograph everything in its full and then dismantled
state, after which all the parts were labelled accordingly. It was also found
essential, with so many people involved, to compile and keep up-to-date a
detailed, daily logbook of work in progress. This also helped HMC workshop manager,
Paul Gilder, to follow our progress and offer any help and advice when needed.